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Wbranch	February 24th, 2009, 3:12 pm
York & Starlight PA Posts: 832	I can't seem to be able to find my Green Drake/Brown Drake fly box....might of left it someplace or maybe it is up in my cabin but in case it is lost (over 100 emergers, duns, and spinmners) I was wondering what you PA/NY fishers use for the body? Specifically what color? do any of you color the dorsal side with brown indelible ink? I do and rib the abdomen with brown cotton thread. Thanks. A picture would be helpful.
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty years.
LittleJ	February 24th, 2009, 7:40 pm
Hollidaysburg Pa Posts: 252	I dont have a picture but here's my recipe. green drake comparadun- Tail- moose mane body- blend of white, insect green, and olive wapsi rabbit dub rib- white cotton embroidery floss wing- dun coastal deer hair spinner tail- moose mane body- white wapsi dub rib - white embroidery floss wing- dun coastal deer hair tied spent I have used black ribbing in the past and it worked fine, but after looking at jason's pics I switched to a white ribbing because it seemed more accurate, and it has worked fine as well. I typically don't worry about the top color of my dries because i'm not yet convinced that it matters.
Flytyer0423	January 28th, 2010, 6:16 am
germansville PA Posts: 14	what i like for green drakes is using a olive-brown body with four or five long tails, i usually use moose mane, and a medium to dark brown hackle, sometimes i like to throw in a couple wraps of olive hackle between the brown, and wings i use a olive dyed mallard flank.
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Flytyer0423	January 28th, 2010, 6:16 am
germansville PA Posts: 14	what i like for green drakes is using a olive-brown body with four or five long tails, i usually use moose mane, and a medium to dark brown hackle, sometimes i like to throw in a couple wraps of olive hackle between the brown, and wings i use a olive dyed mallard flank.
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RleeP	January 28th, 2010, 7:39 am
One Mile South of Lake LeBoeuf Posts: 218	In all the years I spent fishing the drake on PA freestones (an important distinction), I never used anything but a simple Gray Fox Variant (Flick) and can't say I ever had a refusal that could be attributed to inexact imitation. Always did well on it and it's a pleasant fly to tie and an easy fly to dry with a single false cast. The pattern/photo is everywhere online; here's one example: http://flytyingworld.com/fly-detail-58-GrayFoxVariant%28A.Flick%29.html In all the years I spent fishing the drake on PA limestones, I never did well on anything but a #16 sulfur comparadun...:) That is to say, it was always my experience that the fish preferred the sulfurs which were almost invariably mixed in with the drakes on the water. All the same, a lot of the guys I knew who fished the drake on Penns or Big Fishing swore by a Wulff-style pattern with a moose body tail, split greenish/yellow deer or calf for the wing, a white to off-cream body and a ginger/grizzly hackle mix. Usually, they were able to bring up several fish before switching to a sulfur and starting to really pound them as a result...:)

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